Button, Lyle Ewart
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Lyle Ewart |
Surname | Button |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Date of Death | 02-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick William and Trixie Ethel Button, of Auburn, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | NN708 |
Markings | OJ-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 6. D. 10-11. |
Epitaph | HE DIED IN HIS GLORY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 139 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 421157 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 149 (East India) |
Squadron Motto | Fortis nocte (Strong by night) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | St. George's Church, Methwold, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour & inscribed window |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour of 149 Sqn RAF and a window remembering the men and women of all Nations who served at RAF Methwold, 1939-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1004/28 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1004/27 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-02-1945 |
End Date | 03-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Methwold |
Day/Night Raid | Night (72% moon) |
Operation | Wiesbaden. 507 aircraft, 3 lost. Complete cloud cover but most of the bombs hit the town. 520 houses destroyed but 5 important war industries were untouched. Approximately 1000 deaths |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Niederbrechen, Germany |